David Kupfer is a Northern California writer whose work has appeared in The Sun, Bay Nature, Earth Island Journal, and Whole Earth. He has written for The Progressive since 1993.
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David Kupfer
Doctor on Call
Physician, folk artist, musical storyteller, and activist Rupa K. Marya shares her ideas on how to rethink illness and what she learned at the Standing Rock health clinic. more
‘We Need To Keep Ringing the Bell’: An Interview with Dolores Huerta
Labor leader, civil rights activist, feminist, and living legend. more
Peace Activists Arrested in Anti-Drone Protests
“I’m up here for those kids that I helped kill.” more
Building Things to Solve Problems: An Interview with Van Jones
"I have never met a single person behind bars who said, 'Well, I want to get out of here, but I sure hope the Republicans don’t help.'” more
Remembering John Trudell, Voice of the American Indian Movement
"I'm a man who has been a political activist, who has a political consciousness, and who can write poetry." more
Terry Tempest Williams Interview
The sun was setting on a late October afternoon when I met with author Terry Tempest Williams in a hotel conference room built over a saltwater marsh near San Pablo Bay in San Rafael, California. She was in my hometown that day to deliver a... more
An Interview with Utah Phillips
The folk music legend is also a great storyteller and an unapologetic activist. more
Martin Sheen Interview
Martin Sheen is a pacifist, a social and political activist who has not shied away from putting his body on the front lines, and a devout Roman Catholic. After rediscovering his faith twenty years ago, he began his activist work in earnest.... more
